#9CC8EA#9CC8EA

#9CC8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.067 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9CC8EA
RGB	rgb(156, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(206, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(206, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -6.46, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 22.44, 253.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0316 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.067 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2112, 54.3146, 85.7167)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9CC8EA #EABE9C

analogous

#9CEAE5 #9CC8EA #9CA1EA

triadic

#9CC8EA #EA9CC8 #C8EA9C

tetradic

#9CC8EA #E59CEA #EABE9C #A1EA9C

square

#9CC8EA #E59CEA #EABE9C #A1EA9C

split-complementary

#9CC8EA #EA9CA1 #EAE59C

monochromatic

#3790D5 #6AACDF #9CC8EA #CEE4F5 #E6F1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#9CC8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#9CC8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9CC8EA

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9CC8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9CC8EA	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9cc8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.067 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd8f0',
    500: '#9cc8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9cc8ea;
$custom-light: #bbd8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9cc8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81319,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9CC8EA

secondary

#C58F65

accent

#6719CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9CC8EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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